excerpt:Frank Corrado tied for the league-lead in scoring among defencemen with 12 points in 11 games for the Sudbury Wolves including one goal and 11 assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-2. He was named OHL Player of the Week to close out October and was the first defenceman to win the award this season following a three-game stretch where he recorded seven points in three games. That stretch included a career-high five assists on October 26 where he was named first star of a 7-2 win over the Niagara IceDogs.

Corrado, a 19-year-old from Woodbridge, ON, is playing in his fourth OHL season with the Wolves. Selected in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks, Corrado has 16 points in 16 games which has him ranked third in scoring among defencemen. He will also compete for Team OHL at the 2012 SUBWAY Super Series on Monday November 12 in Sarnia, ON.

It's practically impossible for me to be optimistic for Canuck prospects playing tier two minor league hockey. Alex Burrow is the rarest or rare exceptions, but then again, he wasn't sent down to tier 2, he was found in tier 2, kind of the opposite.

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate

The veterans started slow with lackluster efforts and bobbles from Joslin, Matheson, Haydar, and Ebbett, however some of the Canuck prospects have stood out:

Rodin: Driving the net, and very active in the offensive zoneSchroeder: Good puck possession, creating multiple offensive chances, and unlucky that Sweatt did not bury a good feedPinizzotto: He may not have a lot of speed, but he is tenacious, and tough to take off of the puckTanev: Calmly cleaning up Sauve's messesKassian: Scored a goal by crashing the net that the referees disallowed because apparently they don't know the rules of hockey, and later was robbed again when he beat the goaltender who got a piece of it and a defender cleared it off the line

Also - Sterling was a tiny buzzsaw, creating chances with admirable perseverance for such a small player